7.00 pm: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on setting up of inquiry commission to probe snooping charge against Gujarat govt-There is no vendetta, no revenge, no politics.The commission in Gujarat was for one state, this is for many states so it can't be compared with that commission.Arun Jaitley CDR case will also be covered by the inquiry commission.We haven't seen timing of anything, as soon as our papers were prepared decision was taken.Case relating to snooping on Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh when the BJP was in power will also be probed.

6.30 pm: Congress workers protest against UP government in Varanasi.

6.15 pm:Narendra Modi quotes Mahatma Gandhi in his tweet as reaction to a favourable court order: "Truth by nature is self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear."

5.40 pm: Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Ahmedabad court order on SIT clean chit to Narendra Modi-The verdict has proved that propaganda can never be a substitute for truth.It proves again that there is a line between truth and lie. Truth prevails, falsehood falls apart.Congress and its NGO friends knew that they can't take on Narendra Modi politically, so they are resorting to fabricated statements.Narendra Modi faced an adversity and he has emerged stronger in this adversity.It is a phoney commission of inquiry. It is the grossest abuse of power under the Commissions of Inquiry Act. (on snoopgate)Centre knew court's decision was to be out today, it's strange coincidence that the Cabinet decided to set up commission today.

5.35 pm: BJP president Rajnath Singh on Ahmedabad court order-I welcome the Ahmedabad court's verdict today which has given clean chit to Narendra Modi.This verdict is on the expected lines and it vindicates our stand that the campaign against Modi-ji is politically motivated.

5.15 pm: Teesta Setalvad on Ahmedabad court order on SIT clean chit to Narendra Modi-We are hugely shocked and disappointed by today's verdict.A lot of evidence against Modi has been ignored by the judge.We are convinced that there was a conspiracy at the highest level in which the chief minister was involved.

5.05 pm: I am not going to lose hope, I will take the case to a higher court: Zakia Jafri on Ahmedabad court order on Narendra Modi's role in 2002 Gujarat riots case.

5.00 pm: We have accepted funds from residents and NRIs only. We are ready for any investigation. We have followed proper procedure: AAP on foreign funding.AAP forms two-member committee comprising Sanjay Singh and Pankaj Gupta to finalise candidates for Lok Sabha polls.BJP is scared that so called Modi wave is actually weak and can be punctured easily. They had been blowing Modi trumpet for months, so was it all hot air: AAP.

4.50 pm: This case is one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in Independent India: Suspended Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Ahmedabad court order.

4.50 pm: Former SIT chief R.K. Raghavan on Ahmedabad court order-We had to do extremely hard work under extremely adverse circumstances.If the SC had not backed me to the hilt during the probe, I would have crumbled under tremendous pressure.I feel vindicated, it's our team work. Our hard work has paid off.We did a thorough job. I am happy court has appreciated I am apolitical.We were given nine cases by the Supreme Court and we have got conviction in six.Three cases are left. With hard work, we will be successful.

4.40 pm: BJP celebrates Ahmedabad court order in favour of Narendra Modi, firecrackers burst at party headquarters in Delhi.

4.35 pm: Congress prosecuted Narendra Modi for 12 years based on lies and propaganda. Its lie falls flat. Now people will teach a lesson to Congress: BJP's Prakash Javadekar on Twitter.

4.30 pm: The court has said that there is no case for criminal action against Narendra Modi and 62 others based on this complaint: SIT lawyer R.S. Jamuar on Ahmedabad metropolitan court order on society massacre case.

4.15 pm: Alka Lamba on quitting Congress-I have given 20 years of my life to the Congress and was given responsibility in various departments, but somewhere I thought something was missing.There are only a handful of politicians who take decisions in the Congress.For 15 years things were not going in the right direction in Delhi.There are few in the party who are still taking decisions behind closed doors, whereas AAP asks people before taking decisions.I have expressed my wish to join AAP, I will respect the decison the party takes.

4.10 pm: BJP youth wing activists protest against Rahul Gandhi in Delhi, march to his residence on Tughlak Lane from the party headquarters.

3.45 pm: Congress MLA from Chandni Chowk Prahlad Singh Sahni alleges some people reached his residence in an SUV in the wee hours on Thursday and threatened him for extending support to AAP govt in Delhi.

3.40 pm: Two days before taking oath as Delhi CM, Arvind Kejriwal gives charge of Aam Aadmi Party to Sanjay Singh.

3.35 pm: Congress leader Alka Lamba quits party, decides to join AAP.

2.15 pm: When something is in the public domain then it is the responsibility of govt to probe it: JDU chief Sharad Yadav on snoopgate probe.

2.10 pm: The govt has taken too long to take this step, now it looks like political witch-hunt. It's pointless: Former MP Shahid Siddiqui on snoopgate probe.

2.00 pm: He (Narendra Modi) is under no pressure: BJP president Rajnath Singh on inquiry panel on snoopgate.

1.55 pm: BJP's Nirmala Sitharaman on Cabinet nod to appoint a commission to probe snooping charge against Gujarat govt-It's a witch hunt, it shows fascist mindset of Congress. It's against the federal structure.Setting up of an inquiry is a state subject, Union govt is showing extraordinary enthusiasm is political oppression.It's a case of political vindictiveness.Congress is not learning lessons from political drubbing in elections.

1.50 pm: Congress's Digvijaya Singh on Cabinet nod to appoint a commission to probe snooping charge against Gujarat govt-Congratulations to central government, this should have happened earlier.This was an open violation of India Telegraph Act & IT Act, someone must be held responsible.

1.50 pm: Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley tweets-Cabinet appoints a commission to probe alleged snooping - it is legally a suspect and will be challenged in court.Cabinet decision to appoint a commission to probe alleged snooping is violative of the federal structure.

1.45 pm: Govt approves increase in foreign investment limit in Axis Bank to 62 per cent from the existing 49 per cent.

1.05 pm: Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde says he is yet to see the file related to former SC judge A.K. Ganguly, says his case wasn't discussed in the Cabinet meet.

12.50 pm: MEA discusses with Bahrain authorities the case of molestation involving one of its diplomats in Mumbai.Bahrain authorities tell India they will look into the conduct of the diplomat, who is leaving the country shortly at the end of his tenure.

12.50 pm: Sri Lankan Army arrests Indian journalist and documentary filmmaker Tamil Prabhakar, who was on a tourist visa and visiting Tamil settlements.

12.45 pm: If AAP govt does well in Delhi then Congress will support it for the entire five-year term, says party MLA from Seelampur, Chaudhary Mateen Ahmad.

12.40 pm: Trinamool Congress is all set to contest Lok Sabha polls in Kerala, says party general secretary Mukul Roy.

11.00 am: This alliance with AAP was done by Congress only with the sole purpose of stopping BJP, says Capt Abhimanyu.

10.50 am: I am happy for Arvind, my blessings are with him since the beginning: Anna Hazare in Ralegan Siddhi.

10.35 am: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal says-I will call up Anna today and invite him for the swearing-in.Honesty will be rewarded in our government.This is happening for the first time that before government formation any party is looking for honest people.

9.55 am: Encounter on between security forces and militants in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, around three militants are said to be trapped in a house.